This update will be a longer than usual because, in addition to wrapping up December, I’m also wrapping up 2017.
I wrote a total of about 20,556 words last month, completing seven short stories (out of seventeen) and nothing else. My novels have been on hold for the holiday season, but I’ll be getting back into them starting today. Continue reading “Happy New Year!”
Well I obviously didn’t do this as consistently as I meant to (I meant to post once a day from the 1st to the 24th, but my planning wasn’t great), but I’m pretty happy with what I did get done, so here’s the full series.
Tick Tock (short story)
Books are a writer’s (or just a person’s) best friend. They provide inspiration, expand your vocabulary, introduce you to new characters and worlds that don’t exist outside of the imagination… So here’s a list of some of my favorite books. Please note that while I would recommend the majority of these, they are simply my personal favorites and there are a couple that I can’t comfortably recommend.
Fiona is the main character of my short story Silence, which will be published in the short story collection I’m publishing on January 15th, and then on its own later in the year. She’s a runaway from a tech company that wants to use her DNA to make a race of superhumans, which is why she’ll come across as borderline rude in this interview. She doesn’t trust easily. I hope you enjoy her interview. :) Continue reading “Character Interview: Fiona Wildman”
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock…
The steady rhythm was maddening. It never sped up, just stayed at the same, consistent, regulated beat. Penelope felt quite ready to scream, having lain in bed for so long just listening to the ticking, ticking, ticking clock. Tick tock. Tick tock. Continue reading “Tick, Tock”